FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 21, 2021Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by DAL (vs MIN) and PHX (vs LAL).

Final
IND96
MIA125
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +23; Q3 MIA +29; Q4 MIA +29
Final
DET91
NYK105
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +14
Final
POR97
NOP111
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +14
Final
MIN102
DAL114
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +12
Final
PHX108
LAL90
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +18
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Dallas beats Minnesota, 114–102

Dallas led 88–78 after three and won by 12. Jalen Brunson led Dallas with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+11+10+12DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN35152824102
DAL34272726114
Who led
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 10, 10, 14, 18, 13, 25, 18, 28DAL28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Dorian Finney-SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 15, 8, 4, 8, 15, 10, 23, 19DAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 31, 22, 21, 23, 32, 28, 24, 26MIN26 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 24, 14, 15, 6, 5, 17, 13, 22MIN22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Phoenix makes it four straight

Phoenix beat Lakers 108–90 and moved to 25–5. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · PHX
Wvs GSW104–96Wvs DET114–103L@ GSW96–118Wvs SAS108–104Wvs BOS111–90L@ LAC95–111W@ POR111–107Wvs WAS118–98Wvs CHA137–106W@ LAL108–90PHX: last 10 games through Dec 21, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.2Season avg24.7Last 3

24.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 16, 11, 24, 31, 21, 43, 32, 39POR @ NOP · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 30, 20, 33, 30, 24, 18, 31, 34LAL vs PHX · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 24, 40, 16, 26, 27, 34, 22, 28NOP vs POR · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 10, 10, 14, 18, 13, 25, 18, 28DAL vs MIN · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 9, 10, 15, 14, 15, 8, 12, 27NOP vs POR · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 31, 22, 21, 23, 32, 28, 24, 26MIN @ DAL · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Gary HarrisORL+4.9 13.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Luke KennardLAC+4.4 16.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Donovan MitchellUTA+4.2 29.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Gabe VincentMIA+4.0 12.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Derrick WhiteSAS+3.9 18.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Spencer DinwiddieWAS−4.3 8.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.1 13.4 last 10 · 17.5 season
Montrezl HarrellWAS−3.6 10.9 last 10 · 14.5 season
Furkan KorkmazPHI−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Ricky RubioCLE−3.1 9.6 last 10 · 12.7 season